# The Town and Country Planning General Development (Amendment) (No. 6) Order 1992, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Town and Country Planning General Development Order 1988. The main changes are—
1 amendments to Part 20 of Schedule 2 to the 1988 Order (British Coal mining development)—
(i) to limit development under Class A (underground development) to develop ment in a designated seam area or development required in order to gain access to and work coal or coal-related minerals in a designated seam area. The designated seam area is to be identified in a plan deposited with the mineral planning authority before 30 September 1993;
(ii) repealing Class D (prospecting for coal workable by opencast methods), (article 2);
2 the alteration of Class B in Part 22 of Schedule 2 to the 1988 Order (mineral exploration) to allow development to be carried on for a period not exceeding 6 months unless the mineral planning authority have otherwise agreed (article 3);
3 the substitution of Part 24 of Schedule 2 to the 1988 Order (development by telecommunications code system operators). Part 24 as substituted—
(i) introduces permitted development rights for radio equipment housing and development ancillary to radio equipment housing;
(ii) amends restrictions on the number, size and location of antennas; and
(iii) imposes conditions in respect of development on article 1(5) land, and of certain other types of development, requiring developers to apply to the local planning authority for a determination as to whether prior approval is required to the siting and appearance of the development,
(article 4).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/2450/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-general-development-amendment-no-6-order-1992/note
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